GEL 1 –Living in the IT Era, People and the Earth’s Ecosystems, Gender and Society.

This course introduces the students to the science, and ethics of the IT technology, its
influence on modern living and human relationships, and its uses for personal, professional, and
social advancement, interlinked with the study of theimpact of human activities on the
environment; consequences of environmental modification on human activity, and with the study
of gender as a social construction, its role in and impact on different facets of social life.

GEL 2 –The Entrepreneurial Mind and Gender and Society.This course deals with the
meaning and attributes of entrepreneurship (e.g. innovativeness, risk-taking, and self-reliance),
its social role and impact, and also with gender as a social construction, its role and impact on
different facets of social life.

GEL 3–Philippine Popular Culture, Indigenous and Creative Arts, Gender and Society.
This course studies new forms in art, music, and literature arising from opportunities and
demands of mass audiences, markets, and mass media and their social, economic, and political
contexts as well as with traditional forms of weaving, woodwork, and other crafts, where they
are done, how and by whom, and their artistic and social purposes; crossing over to the study of
gender as a social construction, its role and impact on different facets of social life.